Doing Our Work Ethically

Ethics is the basis of the work our organizations do. With all social service work, ethical decision making issues arise from time to time. Practitioners must deal with everything from informed consent to dealing with true ethical dilemmas. This training will help identify ethical issues and the process to make the best ethical decisions in your work.

 A certificate of completion will be provided to all participants that complete the session. The certificate can be used to apply for CEUs for various disciples such as social work, peer certification and more.

Trainer: Jim Ryczek

Jim Ryczek joined the Rhode Island Collaborative for Interprofessional Education and Practice as its first Director in March 2020. Previously, he was CEO of Horizon Healthcare Partners, establishing Rhode Island’s first Emergency Behavioral Health Triage and Crisis Call Center, and E.D. of The RI Coalition for the Homeless (RICH) for more than 10 years. He has worked to broadened programs to include strategic communications and more expansive grassroots organizing and public policy advocacy. In his work, he promotes the principals of a Learning Organization, as well as the ideal of stewardship of mission as the foundation of his professional practice.

Jim was Director of Field Education at the RI College, School of Social Work. He also worked at The Miriam Hospital as a clinical social worker with Project Bridge, a nationally recognized federal demonstration project through the Health Resources and Services Administration. As a professional social worker, he has worked with populations affected by homelessness, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, behavioral health, incarceration, disability, and economic/poverty issues related to poverty and oppression.